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According to Bleeping Computer (via Engadget), a hacker collective known as REvil has gained access to Acer's private company network and is holding sensitive data hostage for $50 million USD. The ransomware attack may have been orchestrated by exploiting one of four Microsoft Exchange vulnerabilities that Microsoft recently publicized the existence of and also released...

Microsoft Corporation recently revealed in a blog post that the group behind the recent SolarWinds hack was also able to gain access to some of the company's source code — reports Reuters. Uncovered right before Christmas, the hack saw a group of digital outlaws piggybacking off SolarWinds' software to break into the institutions the company provides...

Imgur, a popular image sharing service, has confirmed that they were hacked in 2014 and claims that it was only notified of it on November 23. The hackers stole email addresses and passwords of 1.7 million users, which is just a fraction of its 150 million overall users. According to Imgur, no other sensitive information...

A new unique exploit uses a small device to brute force unlock the iPhone 7 running recent firmware. The hack was demonstrated by YouTuber EverythingApplePro, who noted that the exploit does not work on older devices like the iPhone 6s. In addition to the device being an iPhone 7, the device must also be running...

According to a new report from the CBC, law enforcement in Canada and the United States are describing Karim Baratov as a "hacker-for-hire" and a flight risk. Baratov was one of the hackers that stole data from Yahoo for more than two years. The report notes that he has more than $210,00 in one of...

Yesterday it was confirmed that over 60 million Dropbox accounts were hacked during a breach which was discovered last Friday. Dropbox users that have not changed their passwords since mid-2012 were compromised and will need to change their passwords. While Dropbox sought to reassure users their accounts were safe, the incident was just the latest example...

George Hotz, the hacker known for unlocking the iPhone, rooting the PS3, and developing technology for self driving vehicles, has demonstrated a simple hack in a video produced by Viceland. The video shows Hotz walking and talking through the necessary steps involved in gaining access to a laptop connected to a Wi-Fi network. That laptop also has...

iOS may have been built with security at its core, but it does have vulnerabilities that Apple need to patch. The latest, revealed to the public at the Black Hat Asia conference by Chilik Tamir, a security researcher at Mountain View, CA-based mobile security firm Mi3 Security, allows attackers to access sensitive information without raising...

It may not surprise many of you, but here is the thing: The FBI will likely keep the security flaw used to crack the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone 5c to itself rather than disclosing it to Apple, according to "people familiar with the discussions" speaking with the Wall Street Journal. Actually, after paying more than $1.3 million...

LastPass, a popular password manager for iOS, informed its users today that it was hacked. In a blog post signed by Joe Siegrist, LastPass announced that it noticed suspicious activity on its network on Friday. After investigating the matter, the service provider found that LastPass account email addresses, password reminders, server per user salts, and...

  The RCMP has started an investigation back in February in Quebec after one of Bell Canada’s third-party suppliers was hacked. A Quebec youth has been charged after investigators found that 22,421 usernames and passwords were leaked, along with five valid credit card numbers. The login credentials and the credit card numbers were displayed on...

A growing number of Australian Apple customers are reportedly having their devices remotely locked by hackers, who are then demanding a payment of up to $100 to unlock them, reports The Age. The issue was also posted to the Apple Support Communities yesterday and since then the thread has grown to over 18 pages. From...